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Shipwack

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8. Unconstitutional, but not super-worrisome?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 05:42 PM

16 hrs ago

Only 17% of households get their TV only over the air, which the FCC regulates.

If they deny broadcast licenses to ABC, CBS, and NBC, they can still broadcast through cable TV and the internet, no?

Not that the 17% aren’t important, or a significantly large portion of Americans, of course.

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FCC Chair Threatens Media: Fall In Line With Trump, Or Lose Broadcasting Licenses [View all] littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago OP

Really, what's the difference? Marthe48 16 hrs ago #1

A strongly worded letter won't address this nazi shit. rubbersole 16 hrs ago #2

2nd that orangecrush 12 hrs ago #20

Wholly illegal and unconstitutional angrychair 16 hrs ago #3

Sue the fucks purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #4

Impeach the fucker - this would break the First Amendment muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago #5

Federal court slap down in 3...2...1.... paleotn 16 hrs ago #6

Soviet Pravda IronLionZion 16 hrs ago #7

Doesn't "Pravda" translate to "Truth" (Social)? BurnDoubt 15 hrs ago #9

We can always trust anything that puts the word "Truth" in it's name IronLionZion 15 hrs ago #11

Unconstitutional, but not super-worrisome? Shipwack 16 hrs ago #8

I worry... BurnDoubt 15 hrs ago #12

Fair. nt Shipwack 9 hrs ago #28

Fuck you Obergruppenfhrer Carr you fascist prick. I bet you have a Free Speech My Ass Tattoo n/t Cheezoholic 15 hrs ago #10

Do it Carr Mblaze 15 hrs ago #13

Gotta control the media and thereby the messaging. Dicktator 101 Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #14

"In the public interest" James48 14 hrs ago #15

Reuters has now picked up the story. littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #16

Fuck you Carr Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago #17

Kick dalton99a 13 hrs ago #18

Haul Barr's ass in to a hearing orangecrush 13 hrs ago #19

"Be Fox 'News', or else!" sakabatou 12 hrs ago #21

The fascist crackdown on 'not approved' news is continuing! Aussie105 12 hrs ago #22

Yep.... If the oligarchs can't buy a news outlet they'll regulate it into submission. groundloop 11 hrs ago #23

"Spell FASCIST ASSHOLE" struggle4progress 11 hrs ago #24

Carr is considered an incompetent doofus by most communications attorneys onenote 10 hrs ago #25

He is one of the architects of P25 so he's not that dumb. littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #27

If the jackass actually does this he needs to have his ass hauled before the courts. lostincalifornia 10 hrs ago #26

FoxNews' time is limited, since it won't be hard to prove they're constantly lying. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #29

There's always a tweet... Carr said in 2019: IcyPeas 4 hrs ago #30

My new favorite meme. Roy Rolling 3 hrs ago #31

What a crock of shite! OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #32